Is there a devil in the pitch? If you ask the players, both the Indians and the S. Africans would give you a resounding ‘YES’. The South Africa coach Mickey Arthur said that if this series was played in S. Africa and his team was down by one game the hosts would definitely prepare a track more suited to themselves
The scorching summer heat of Kanpur coupled with the tension provided by the bad track caused tempers to flare when Yuvraj Singh ducked under a bouncer owled by Dale Steyn after he was hit for 2 consecutive fours by Yuvraj on the previous 2 deliveries. Steyn took a verbal jab at Yuvraj and the Punjab lad not one to back down walked up the pitch to him and exchanged a few words but Ganguly stepped in to try and calm things after which Steyn and S.African skipper Graham Smith talked with the umpire
The scorching summer heat of Kanpur coupled with the tension provided by the bad track caused tempers to flare when Yuvraj Singh ducked under a bouncer owled by Dale Steyn after he was hit for 2 consecutive fours by Yuvraj on the previous 2 deliveries. Steyn took a verbal jab at Yuvraj and the Punjab lad not one to back down walked up the pitch to him and exchanged a few words but Ganguly stepped in to try and calm things after which Steyn and S.African skipper Graham Smith talked with the umpire
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